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Fossil Ridge High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

5400 Ziegler Rd

Fort Collins CO, 80528, Larimer County

Phone: 970-488-6260

Ranking:

(35 out of 304, top 12%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Poudre School District R-1

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	107		107		98		92		89		63		52
Total Students:	2,094		2,076		1,960		1,917		1,747		1,202		1,062
Grade 9:	550	26.3%	554	26.7%	502	25.6%	534	27.9%	506	29.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Grade 10:	544	26.0%	503	24.2%	550	28.1%	499	26.0%	397	22.7%	445	37.0%	396	37.3%
Grade 11:	487	23.3%	550	26.5%	489	24.9%	432	22.5%	459	26.3%	394	32.8%	365	34.4%
Grade 12:	513	24.5%	469	22.6%	419	21.4%	452	23.6%	385	22.0%	363	30.2%	301	28.3%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	1,121	53.5%	1,090	52.5%	1,005	51.3%	988	51.5%	888	50.8%	614	51.1%	559	52.6%
Female:	973	46.5%	986	47.5%	955	48.7%	929	48.5%	851	48.7%	580	48.3%	499	47.0%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	4	0.2%	8	0.4%	10	0.5%	10	0.5%	12	0.7%	9	0.7%	9	0.8%
Asian:	80	3.8%	77	3.7%	44	2.2%	44	2.3%	51	2.9%	33	2.7%	23	2.2%
Hispanic:	134	6.4%	142	6.8%	131	6.7%	158	8.2%	129	7.4%	84	7.0%	62	5.8%
Black:	23	1.1%	22	1.1%	19	1.0%	17	0.9%	19	1.1%	12	1.0%	5	0.5%
White:	1,787	85.3%	1,758	84.7%	1,686	86.0%	1,620	84.5%	1,536	87.9%	1,064	88.5%	963	90.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	3	0.1%	2	0.1%	4	0.2%	5	0.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	63	3.0%	67	3.2%	66	3.4%	63	3.3%	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	136	6.5%	142	6.8%	151	7.7%	144	7.5%	110	6.3%	53	4.4%	33	3.1%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	47	2.2%	43	2.1%	55	2.8%	46	2.4%	41	2.3%	30	2.5%	25	2.4%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	19.52		19.47		20.10		20.82		19.60		19.10		20.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
CSAP
2007	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	51	45	30
2008	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	39	30
2009	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	48	42	30
2010	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	44	38	30
2011	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	50	43	32
2007	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	87	79	69
2008	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	81	70	66
2009	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	81	73	70
2010	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	74	71	66
2011	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	82	75	66
2007	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	72	61	48
2008	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	70	59	47
2009	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	60	50
2010	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	67	58	47
2011	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	74	61	48
2007	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	73	65	51
2008	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	57	47
2009	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	63	58	49
2010	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	57	54	47
2011	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	66	58	47
2010	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	55	46	39
2011	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	57	46	38
2010	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	88	77	67
2011	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	85	73	66
2010	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	71	60	49
2011	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	79	66	53
TCAP
2012	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	49.6	44.1	32.7
2013	Math	10th Grade	% Proficient	49.3	44.2	33.9
2012	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	82.0	77.2	68.3
2013	Reading	10th Grade	% Proficient	77.8	73.9	69.6
2012	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	74.7	64.7	49.4
2013	Science	10th Grade	% Proficient	74.5	63.9	51.3
2012	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	66.7	62.0	48.3
2013	Writing	10th Grade	% Proficient	65.6	58.6	48.8
2012	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	56.4	45.8	37.4
2013	Math	9th Grade	% Proficient	59.5	52.3	38.8
2012	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	90.0	73.9	67.3
2013	Reading	9th Grade	% Proficient	90.1	78.0	67.7
2012	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	80.2	63.2	51.1
2013	Writing	9th Grade	% Proficient	84.1	69.6	55.1

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	45.8%	51.2%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	54.2%	48.8%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	9.0 years	7.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	43.8%	44.2%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	56.3%	55.8%

Mean Base Salary:	$37,552.0	$40,086.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	$34,042.0	$35,158.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$40,282.0	$43,987.0

* Fossil Ridge High School was rated 5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.